Gastro Monkey // 美食家

I feel like all I have been posting as of late are places overseas. This is my way of letting you know that I eat around Sacramento also! And really, who doesn't love breakfast? As someone who prefers sleeping in past the "normal" breakfast times, I still love breakfast. Yay for places that serve breakfast all day! Well, Pancake Circus doesn't serve it all day since they close at 3pm, but for their opening hours, they serve it "all day."  This is where I go when I'm in the mood for an easy breakfast of pancakes or waffles. No hipster deconstructed foods, no mason jars, and sorry lactose intolerant folks, no almond milk or rice milk here. It's not fancy, and it doesn't pretend to be (it has clowns all over the place, some yelp reviewers need to calm down). My favorite part is that my coffee cup hardly ever runs empty (they're usually better about it when it's busier). It is a solid diner that has been open since about 1970 (read more ab...

One of the many places I was excited to visit was Artnia. I view Japan as one of the top food destinations, and probably the most innovative country in the world. While they didn't invent the theme restaurant itself, I believe they perfected it. They have the best themed restaurants that I have been to, and I think is at the top of the list for any nerd. I am happy to say I was finally able to go two years ago when I visited Japan. I played my first Final Fantasy game in 2000. Yes, I was late to the show. My first Final Fantasy game was IX. I named them all so oddly that I didn't know the character's real names until years later. Either way, I was hooked. RPGs are fun! It was hard, but I eventually overlooked the poor dialogue and just enjoyed the games.  There is another cafe that I considered. The Eorzea Cafe is FFXIV based and needs reservations. It was hard to decide how to plan for reservations like that because we didn't want to be constrained by time. Wh...